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The Beauty Show visited Sycamore Mineral Springs Retreat Resort in San Luis Obispo, California and discovered that the three-year old resort is redefining the retreat concept by embracing it as a “healing art.”

Deborah Coryell, director of health and wellness division of King Ventures, developers of the resort, explains, “the retreat as a “healing art” is about stepping away from daily life and familiar environment, slowing down enough to listen to one’s inner voice and connecting with one’s inner wisdom.”

She says the elements they have identified as essential components of the “retreat as a healing art” experience include: the taking of waters (which is the original concept of the word “spa”); comfortable accommodations in a beautiful natural environment; nourishing and nurturing food; walking/hiking trails; and healing therapies such as massage, yoga, Tai Chi, Chi Gong and meditation. Sycamore Mineral Springs offers it all.

Located on 125 acres in the Sycamore forest just three miles from Avila Beach, one of the most pristine beaches in the state, the historic property was transformed into a 72-room retreat by King Ventures in the spring of 2003. While the facility cannot be classifi ed as “luxurious,” accommodations are comfortable, the environment is naturally beautiful, there are gourmet meals, groomed trails, a variety of healing therapies and, of course, the signature mineral springs that give the property its name.

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